- December 4, 2025
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Here's a roundup of all the high school football action from Week 2 of the 2025 season, including scores and notes from every game involving West Orange and Southwest Orange County's 12 programs.
Editor's note: Teams are listed in alphabetical order.
FRIDAY, AUG. 22
CFCA Eagles (2-0), 44
Marco Island Academy Rays (1-1), 20
Another dominant rushing performance by freshman running back Jahmari Hammonds, who picked up 164 yards on 19 carries with three touchdowns, led the way for the undefeated Eagles’ road win over Marco Island.
“I’m proud of our boys for their performance and perseverance,” said coach Kevin Blackman. “I can see that they are truly playing for one another and it’s showing week to week.”
Along with Hammonds ability to establish the run game, CFCA eighth-grader Gavin Pritzkau had the Eagles flying with 233 yards and two touchdowns through the air, while junior Mason Mathis made his presence known in the end zone by whatever means necessary — rushing for 76 yards and two TDs, catching a 15-yard touchdown pass and throwing for another 22 yards on 2-of-4 passing.
Up next: The Eagles will be off in Week 3 before returning home Friday, Sept. 12, against Saint Stephen’s Episcopal.
Dr. Phillips Panthers (1-1), 63
University Cougars (0-2), 0
After a rough opening week — that saw the Panthers get shutout by South Florida power Dillard High, 39-0, away from home — Dr. Phillips seemed to have taken any residual anger from the loss on its Week 2 opponents, the visiting University High Cougars.
Up next: DP will hope to not only repeat its performance at Bill Spoone Stadium in Week 3 but also it’ll hope to see the visiting Apopka Blue Darters (0-2) continue to struggle on the road — having not scored a point and allowed a total of 82 points in their two games.
The First Academy Royals (0-2), 35
Central Red Devils (AL, 2-0), 38
For the second consecutive week, The First Academy Royals fell in a one-possession game to a nationally ranked out-of-state powerhouse at home.
After falling behind 10-0 in the first quarter, TFA rattled off four unanswered touchdowns and took a 28-10 lead by the 10:49 mark of the third, however, by the middle of the fourth quarter the Red Devils flipped the script by scoring four unanswered TDs of their own. Down 38-28, the Royals made it a field-goal game with 3:19 left to play but weren’t able to complete the comeback.
Junior quarterback Brian Dillard led the Royals' attack with 189 total yards and three touchdowns — finding Demetrice McCray and Brian Williams Jr. for two of his TDs and running for the other — while running back Jaelyn Powell ran for 126 yards on 20 carries with a touchdown of his own.
Up next: TFA will hit the road for the first time this season as it travels to Treasure Coast (0-2) for a Thursday, Sept. 4, matchup.
Foundation Academy Lions (2-1), 21
Lake Highland Prep Highlanders (1-1), 28
After a 2-0 start to 2025, the Lions fell for the first time this season and in new coach Daniel White’s tenure at the program, due, in large part, to the four big plays by Lake Highland that ended with a Highlander in the end zone.
In the first half, a 33-yard pass and 95-yard run saw LHP take a 14-0 lead into the final three minutes of the third and, after a pair of touchdowns by Foundation athletes Cole Huntley and Noah McMullen ties the score at 14-all in the third, two more big plays by the home team made it to tall of a mountain for the visiting Lions to climb back from.
With a 77-yard pitch-and-catch TD and a 31-yard rushing score by Lake Highland in the fourth, the lead blew up to a two-possession game, 28-14, which rendered the Lions' late-game rushing score futile in their pursuit of a third consecutive win.
Up next: Foundation will look to the familiar setting and support of its home, Lions Field, to help the program bounce back from the loss against undefeated Santa Fe Catholic (3-0) in Week 3.
Horizon Hawks (1-1), 9
Lake Nona Lions (2-0), 40
Following a dramatic Week 1 road win over Olympia, Horizon faced an even tougher test before getting to play its first game of 2025 in front of its home crowd, the Lions of Lake Nona High and its mighty rushing attack.
Despite having one of the more talented linebacking groups in the area, Lake Nona managed to take advantage of the Hawks on the ground, rushing for 181 yards on 27 carries with three touchdowns on the evening.
Overall, Horizon senior Kaio Oliveira, an Army West Point commit, was the bright spot for the Hawks during the difficult road test. Oliveira rushed for 109 yards on 31 carries and had the away team’s lone touchdown in the loss. Another quality performance from the Hawks in Week 2 was junior linebacker Abash Smith, who recorded eight total tackles, two for a loss, and a sack.
Regardless of the standout performances by these two Horizon football stars, Lake Nona proved to be too much for the Hawks to handle and handed them their first loss of the season. got on the board first, taking a 3-0 lead, after junior Gavin Avagliano hit a 28-yard field goal in the game’s opening quarter. Lake Nona would proceed to take the lead and never give it back to the Hawks, scoring three unanswered touchdowns in the first half to make it a 21-3 game at the break.
Up next: Horizon will begin a four-game home-stand in Week 3, welcoming a winless Wekiva team to the Hawks’ Nest first.
Lake Buena Vista Vipers (1-1), 14
Colonial Grenadiers (1-1), 24
Despite holding the visiting Grenadiers to just 163 yards of total offense and out-gaining them by nearly double, with a total of 308 all-purpose yards, the Vipers fell in their 2025 home-opener.
Senior receiver Kevin Murillo was the biggest bright spot for Lake Buena Vista’s offense in this game, catching two passes for 101 receiving yards and two touchdowns. On defense, linebacker Marley Shaver led the team with 10 total tackles and three TFLs. Sophomore defensive lineman Xavier Zenteno was also a big factor up front for the Vipers' defense with two tackles for loss and a sack.
Up next: LBV will look to bounce back as they head on the road to University for its first road game of the season.
Legacy Charter Eagles (0-3), 0
Geneva Classical Academy Knights (1-2), 70
It was another difficult week for the Eight-man Eagles football team, being shut out for a second time this season and allowing more than 60 points for a third time in as many games.
Up next: The Eagles will face Oasis Christian, with a 5 p.m. kickoff, for the second of five consecutive road games.
Ocoee Knights (2-0), 30
Olympia Titans (0-2), 16
This matchup between two area teams saw the Knights travel to Southwest Orange and continue their winning ways over the home Titans.
Ocoee opened the game by taking a 16-0 lead on the back of two touchdowns from senior quarterback Tyson Davison — the first, a six-yard run in the first quarter, and the second, a 19-yard pass to sophomore Elijah Thomas in the following quarter — and a pair of two-point conversions by Oryan Hartfield.
Olympia responded with a TD pass of its own when QB Noble Davis found senior receiver Steve Moore for a 28-yard score to end the half. Knights led the Titans, 16-7.
After a third quarter that saw the Knights’ Jayden Safford run for a TD and the Titans add a field goal to their offensive total, Ocoee entered the fourth with a 23-10 lead.
In the early portion of the game’s final period, Olympia almost flipped the game on its head after its special teams blocked a punt and returned it for six, making it a one-possession game, 23-16, with nearly 10 minutes left to play. However, Ocoee held off the flip in momentum and iced the game on the back of a 13-yard redzone rush by transfer running back Nehemiah Burgess for his first TD of the season.
“Though it was a sluggish game at times, our Knights showed resilience and fought hard all the way to the finish,” said Ocoee coach Buck Gurley. “Proud of the effort and the win.”
Up next: The Knights will face their biggest test of the season so far as they travel to fellow undefeated team Lake Nona (2-0) for a Week 3 measuring stick game.
West Orange Warriors (2-0), 38
Wekiva Mustangs (0-2), 14
The Warriors learned from a slow start in their Week 1, 28-18 home win over Evans High by coming out of the gates firing on all cylinders against the home Mustangs in Week 2.
Led by its first-year starting quarterback, A.J. Chung, the West Orange offense scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and another in the next — finishing the game with 257 yards on 12-of-22 passing — while its loaded defense held Wekiva scoreless in the first half and even added a TD of its own; after a Namir Coleman strip-sack led to a Michael Onorata scoop-and-score that extended the Warriors led to 38-0 going into halftime.
With a running clock in the second half and a comfortable lead, West Orange rested its starters and Wekiva managed to score twice.
Up next: West Orange heads back to the friendly confines of Raymond Screws Field to host the Titusville Terriers (1-1) in Week 3.
Windermere Wolverines (2-0), 55
Cypress Creek Bears (0-2), 0
The Wolverines extended their consecutive wins streak, which dates back to last season, to 12 straight victories on the back of a five-touchdown performance from new starting quarterback Breylon Sanchez, a transfer from Lyman High, a defense that’s yet to allow a single touchdown this season and an efficient rushing attack that scored three TDs and gained 183 yards with an average of 9.6 yards per carry.
Up next: Windermere is back home for its third of three home matchups by hosting Colonial (1-1), before it begins a five-game road stint.
Windermere Prep Lakers (1-0), 27
Trinity Prep Saints (1-2), 26
With a 161-total-yard, three-rushing-touchdown performance by do-it-all senior Peyton Hollern, the Lakers opened their 2025 campaign with a one-point road win over the Saints. Senior Trevor Doggett scored one of Windermere Prep’s four TDs in this one, rushing for 39 yards in the game on eight carries.
Up next: Although not quite a college team, the Lakers will hit the gridiron on Saturday afternoon in Week 3 as they host Marco Island Academy for a 1 p.m. kickoff, Sept. 6 at Windermere Prep.
